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Jean-Noël Pancrazi
Jean-Noël Pancrazi (born 28 April 1949 in Sétif, Algeria) is a French author. Biography Early years Jean-Noël Pancrazi spent the first ten years of his life in Algeria with his parents and his sister. His childhood years during the Algerian war had a significant influence on his literary work,. He arrived in France in 1962 and went to secondary school in Perpignan, his mother’s birthplace. He went to Paris to study at the famous Lycée Louis-le-Grand then studied literature at the Sorbonne. In 1972 he received a degree in French Language and Literature. His first published work was an essay on Mallarmé published in 1973. During the 1970s he worked as a French professor at a high school in Massy. Literary career His first novel, ''La Mémoire brûlée'' came out in 1979 published by Éditions du Seuil. He then wrote ''Lalibela ou la mort nomade'' (1981), ''L'Heure des adieux'' (1985) and ''Le Passage des princes'' (1988). His following novel, ''Les Quartiers d'hiver'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sétif
Sétif ( ar, سطيف, ber, Sṭif) is the capital of the Sétif Province in Algeria. It is one of the most important cities of eastern Algeria and the country as a whole, since it is considered the trade capital of the country. It is an inner city, situated in the eastern side of Algeria, at 270 kilometers east of Algiers, at 131 km west of Constantine (Algeria), Constantine, in the Hautes Plaines region south of Béjaia and Jijel. The city is at 1,100 meters of altitude. The city was part of Phoenician Empire then it became part of the ancient Berbers, Berber kingdom of Numidia, the capital of Mauretania Sitifensis under the rule of the Roman Empire. It became a city of the Islamic World after becoming Muslim during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. It is considered as the starting point of the Sétif and Guelma massacre, 8 May 1945 protests and massacre, which was a crucial factor to the start of the Algerian War. Toponymy Sétif was Numidia, numid before undergoing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
